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Este estudo tem como objectivo averiguar a existência de diferenças ao nível da especificidade das memórias autobiográficas de sujeitos idosos com e sem sintomatologia depressiva mediante aplicação do teste de memória autobiográfica AMT desenvolvido por Williams & Broadbent (1986), adaptado para a população portuguesa por Gonçalves & Albuquerque (2006).
Participaram no estudo 40 sujeitos, com idades compreendidas entre os 65 e os 93 anos, sendo distinguidos dois grupos compostos por, 20 idosos que apresentavam sintomatologia depressiva e 20 idosos que não tinham sintomatologia depressiva. Os resultados indicaram que os idosos com sintomatologia depressiva apresentam uma média de recuperação de memórias autobiográficas gerais (M=3,40; DP=2,01) inferior à apresentada pelos idosos sem sintomatologia depressiva (M=8,70; DP=2,05), sendo esta diferença estatisticamente significativa [t(38)=8,25; p=0,000]. Estes resultados corroboram outros estudos que, partindo de uma conceção hierárquica da memória autobiográfica, consideram que nos casos de sintomatologia depressiva, esta assume algumas particularidades, das quais se destaca a dificuldade em relatarem acontecimentos específicos a partir da apresentação de palavras estímulo.
This study has the purpose to investigate the existence of the specificity of differences in autobiographical memories of elderly individuals with and without depressive symptomatology. Applying the AMT autobiographical memory test by Williams & Broadbent (1986), adapted to Portuguese by Gonsalves & Albuquerque (2006). The sample was constituted by 40 ancients, aged between 65 and 93 years old, splited by two distinct groups: 20 ancients with depressive symptomatology and 20 ancients without it. The results suggests that the ancients with depressive symptomatology reveal a mean of recovery of general autobiographical memories (M=3,40; DP=2,01) lower than the mean reavealed by the ancients without depressive symptomatology (M=8,70; DP=2,05), this differences was statistically significant [t(38)=8,25; p=0,000]. This results confirms other studies wich, by a hierarchical conception of the autobiographical memory, regards that cases of depressive symptomatology accept some specificities such as the difficulty in reporting specific events by the exhibition of cue words.
This study has the purpose to investigate the existence of the specificity of differences in autobiographical memories of elderly individuals with and without depressive symptomatology. Applying the AMT autobiographical memory test by Williams & Broadbent (1986), adapted to Portuguese by Gonsalves & Albuquerque (2006). The sample was constituted by 40 ancients, aged between 65 and 93 years old, splited by two distinct groups: 20 ancients with depressive symptomatology and 20 ancients without it. The results suggests that the ancients with depressive symptomatology reveal a mean of recovery of general autobiographical memories (M=3,40; DP=2,01) lower than the mean reavealed by the ancients without depressive symptomatology (M=8,70; DP=2,05), this differences was statistically significant [t(38)=8,25; p=0,000]. This results confirms other studies wich, by a hierarchical conception of the autobiographical memory, regards that cases of depressive symptomatology accept some specificities such as the difficulty in reporting specific events by the exhibition of cue words.
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Memória autobiográfica Depressão